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Aug 26 2012 12:03PM
The Scottish Government's links to Chinese firms complicit in human rights abuses.

Please read my story published today by Scotland On Sunday which exposes the Scottish Government's links to Chinese energy firms accused of being complicit in human rights violations in Sudan and Myanmar. http://www.scotsman.com...

Aug 23 2012 4:24PM
Help stop the horror in Syria - support our evidence-gathering work

Update Wednesday 19 September Donatella has just returned from Syria where, in parts of the Idlib and North Hama regions, she again witnessed indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas with no apparent military target. As this video from...

Aug 23 2012 12:28PM
China Human Rights Briefing August 17-23, 2012

Contents Arbitrary Detention • Senior Monk in Sichuan Tortured, Sentenced to Seven Years for Disseminating Information • Chongqing Official Serving RTL for Online Posts, Lawyer’s Visit Blocked Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and...

Aug 23 2012 10:57AM
Music, bric-a-brac and homemade cake - Islington's summer fair

Kathryn Grant is a member of the Islington & Hackney Amnesty Group,who held their successful summer fayre on Islington Green last weekend. She's written a guest post for us on the day, and her tips for organising your own event...

Aug 22 2012 11:12AM
“The Darkest Corners”: Abuses of Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China

August 22, 2012 Press release One day in January 2008, Fujian website editor Cheng Tianfu was on his way to the train station to catch a train to Beijing when a group of men rushed towards him, dragged him away and shoved him into a...